The Boers were immigrants from Germany, France and the Netherlands who settled in the First European Colony established in South Africa ( at present day Cape Town) in 1653 by a Dutchman called Jan Van Riebeek.
The Boers created very large farms which served to bring much economic gain. At first, the Dutch were only interested in establishing a supply base for the Dutch East India Company in 1652. But over the next 150 years, The Dutch and other immigrants which formed the Boer community moved further inland and began engaging in agriculture and other economic activities, thus encouraging more Europeans to come and settle there.
The industrial revolution made the world a positive some world meaning that was more resources to go around. But most of the resources were produced by the top 1% meaning that the richer got richer and the poor get poor.
During the 15th and 16th centuries Spain was the most powerful country because of the discovery of America and gold and silver, the union of Castile and Aragon under Ferdinand and Isabella, religious unification, the conquering of Granada , and an age of new learning. The was called Spain's "Golden Age". One of the main reasons for Spain’s fall is because the Spanish empire was too large to control.
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At the start of his reign, before turning to more political allegories, Louis XIV chose the sun as his personal emblem. The sun is the symbol of Apollo, god of peace and the arts; it is also the star which gives life to all things, rising and setting with unfailing regularity.
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